Window shade hanger



J. C. TORRENCE Dec. 9, 4. 1,5i9,o74

WINDOW SHADE HANGER Filed Jan. 24, 1924 J. 6. Tarrence mw zw Patented Dec. 9, 1924.

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PATENT JOHN C. TORRENCE. OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

WINDOV SHADE HANGER.

Application filed January .54, 1924.

To all whom it maqz concern.

Be it known that I, JOHN C. TORRENGE, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans and State of Louisiana, have invented'certain new and useful Improvements in Window- Shade Hangers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will en able others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention relates to improvements in window shade hangers and has for an object to provide an improved bracket adapted to be secured to the window frame with the greatest ease and without necessitating the use of a hammer.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which will take into the window frame without splitting or marring the same in any way and which may be removed without leaving the window frame in an unsightly condition.

A further object of the invention resides in providing a window shade hanger of improved strength. yet of a light, inexpensive material; and the window shade is provided with means to avoid the shade roller from accidentally escaping from the bracket.

Vith the foregoing and other objects in View, the invention will be more fully described hereinafter, and will be more particularly pointed out in the claims appended hereto.

In the drawings, wherein like symbols refer to like or corresponding parts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of an improved window shade hanger constructed in accordance with the present invention.-

Figure 2 is an enlarged side view thereof,

Figure 3 is a cross section taken on the line 3-3 in Figure 2.

Referring more particularly to the drawings and for the present to Figures 1, 2 and 3 the device is made from a single strand of resilient wire of round cross section preferably, in which one terminal end 5 of the wire is tapered and threaded to facilitate its entrance into the window frame without marring or injuring the same in any way. This shank projects out beyond the triangular frame into which the wire is fashioned to provide an open yet sturdy construction, and the horizontal bar 6 of this frame is in direct alinement with the Serial No. 688,259.

tapered terminal end 5 in order to secure the necessary direct pressure in screwing the device into the window frame.

The frame is otherwise constituted of the vertical bar 7 and the diagonal or hypotenuse bar 8 which connects the lower end of the vertical bar 7 with the outer end. of the horizontal bar 6. The frame makes a substantially right angle triangle and the other terninal end of the wire is at the upper portion of the vertical bar 7, wound in a number of convolutions 9 about the horizontal bar 6 near the threaded tapered portion 5 in order to act substantially as a head for the fastening and to abut against the window frame.

The outer end of the triangular frame supports the bracket for carrying the trunnion of the shade roller. This bracket lies beyond the tr'angular frame and extends below the plane of the horizontal bar 6. The bracket is made by carrying the wire downwardly from the outer end of the horizontal bar in a gentle curved portion indicated at 9, forming, further down in its passage one side member 10 of the bracket;

The trough of the bracket 11 is formed by directing the strand of wire downwardly, outwardly and upwardly from the lower end of the member 10, and the wire. i scontinned upwardly at the outer side of the trough in substantial parallelism with the member 10 to constitute the opposite side member 12. From the upper end of the member 12 which extends up preferably to a point coinciding with the extended plane of the horizontal bar 6, the wire is returned upon itself or looped to provide the closed and reinforced outer unsupported end portion 13 of the bracket. Thence the wire is carried downwardly to provide the companion member 14: with respect to the member 12, a similar trough member paralleling and juxtaposed with respect to the trough member 11. The inside strengthening or double member 15 is formed by continuing the wire upwardly along side the inner member 10 and thence the wire is coiled about the upper end portion of the inner member 10 in order to provide a projection 16 entering above the trunnion of the roller; this for the purpose of preventing the roller accidentally jumping out of the bracket; it being understood that the wire possessing inherent resiliency will permit the trunnion to be forced down past the projection 16, the

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outer members 12 and 14: of the bracket yielding outwardly.

This projection 16 also forms one helix of a coil which reinforces and strengthens both the open triangular frame and the bracket, which in the instance shown in Figures 1 :2 and 3 is open at its upper end. The second helix 17 is wound about the outer end portion of the horizontal bar 6. in other words the wire at this point is wound into two or more convolutions in order to strengthen without necessitating the driving of the fas' toning in by the blows from a hammer which is foundvery injurious to the window casing or frame. The fastening '5 makes but a small hole which is unobjectionable after the device is removed and can be readily plugged. The supporting strains set up by the weight of the shadehnd roller revolve directly upon the outer ends of the horizontal rod 6 and diagonal rod 8. The horizontal rod 6 would ordinarily tendto bend down were it not for the support atlorded at its outer end by its diagonal rod 8 and by the interlocked arrangement provided by the helices 16 and 17, the wire from the helix 16 passing to the helix 1'? beneath the outer end of the rod 6 and serving to support the same the weight being absorbed by the diagonal member 8 and taken up by the vertical member 7. An exceedingly strong construction is thus afforded particularly'because of the convolutions 16 and 17 termed between the outer ends of the members 6 and 8. The shade roller may be readily inserted and removed through the upper open end of the bracket and when in place the proJec- COlltitillClilOll and design of the above specifically described embodiment of this" invention viiithout departing from the spirit,

thereof, such changes and modifications being restricted only by the scope of the following claims. 7

VVhat is claimed is A window shadehanger comprising a single strand of wire threaded at one terminal for attachment in a Window casing and extending outwardly from saidterminal to provide a horizontal bar, said strand of wire being arched downwardly and outward 1 from the-bar and being returned on it self throughout said arched portion to provide a shade roller trunnion socket of double strand thickness, the returned portion of:

saidstrand being wound in one helix'about the inner vertical part of the initial arched portion of the socket and said strand being wound in a second helix about the outer end of said horizontal bar for reinforcing the socket and its connection with the bar; said returned portion of the strand being tended diagonally downwardly and'inwardly to provide a brace for the socket and bar and being thence bent upwardly to provide a base portion to engage the window frame,

said strand terminating at the extremity of the base portion in a loop embracing the in ner end portion of said bar.

JOHN G. TORRENCE. 

